Xilinx Ultrascale MPSoC & FPGA Design Services

The Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs are able to serve a wide range of applications including:

• Automotive: Driver assistance, driver information, and infotainment
• Wireless Communications: Support for multiple spectral bands and smart antennas
• Wired Communications: Multiple wired communications standards and context-aware network services
• Data Centers: Software Defined Networks (SDN), data pre-processing, and analytics
• Smarter Vision: Evolving video-processing algorithms, object detection, and analytics
• Connected Control/M2M: Flexible/adaptable manufacturing, factory throughput, quality, and safety

The UltraScale MPSoC architecture provides processor scalability from 32 to 64 bits with support for virtualization, the combination of soft and hard engines for real-time control, graphics/video processing, waveform and packet processing, next-generation interconnect and memory, advanced power management, and technology enhancements that deliver multi-level security, safety, and reliability. Xilinx offers a large number of soft IP for the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC family. Stand-alone and Linux device drivers are available for the peripherals in the PS and the PL. Xilinx’s Vivado® Design Suite, SDKTM, and PetaLinux development environments enable rapid product development for software, hardware, and systems engineers. The Arm-based PS also brings a broad range of third-party tools and IP providers in combination with Xilinx's existing PL ecosystem.

The Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC family delivers unprecedented processing, I/O, and memory bandwidth in the form of an optimized mix of heterogeneous processing engines embedded in a next-generation, high-performance, on-chip interconnect with appropriate on-chip memory subsystems. The heterogeneous processing and programmable engines, which are optimized for different application tasks, enable the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs to deliver the extensive performance and efficiency required to address next-generation smarter systems while retaining backwards compatibility with the original Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC family. The UltraScale MPSoC architecture also incorporates multiple levels of security, increased safety, and advanced power management, which are critical requirements of next-generation smarter systems. Xilinx’s embedded UltraFastTM design methodology fully exploits the ASIC-class capabilities afforded by the UltraScale MPSoC architecture while supporting rapid system development.

The inclusion of an application processor enables high-level operating system support, e.g., Linux. Other standard operating systems used with the Cortex-A53 processor are also available for the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC family. The PS and the PL are on separate power domains, enabling users to power down the PL for power management if required. The processors in the PS always boot first, allowing a software centric approach for PL configuration. PL configuration is managed by software running on the CPU, so it boots similar to an ASSP.